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Louisiana's health care system nearing "major failure" under COVID surge, says Gov. John Bel Edwards

The Advocate 14 Aug 2021

If the latest and worst COVID surge doesn’t turn a corner within the next few weeks, Louisiana’s hospitals could reach a point where care is rationed and patients are triaged ... We’ve never been to a place where not one hospital, but almost every hospital in the state, is at a point where they simply can’t meet the demand that comes in,” Kanter said.

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Health care workers give behind-the-scenes look at Baptist Health Paducah's COVID-19 unit

The Paducah Sun 14 Aug 2021

The last time the hospital sent Local 6 videos of the unit was in November 2020 ... "A lot of these patients will remain in the hospital for 10 to 20 days sometimes ... Hancock said most hospitalized patients are unvaccinated ... The hospital has 32 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, 10 of which are in critical care.

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Ivey issues state of emergency as hospitals face COVID surge

Dothan Eagle 14 Aug 2021

Kay Ivey on Friday issued a state of emergency as state hospitals face a surge in COVID-19 cases, an order that came the same day the state tied a record low for available intensive care unit beds ... The order came as medical providers described a “tidal wave” of COVID-19 cases that is putting severe stress on Alabama hospitals.

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Orange County COVID-19 Hospitalizations Remain Stable Friday

CBS Sports 14 Aug 2021

SANTA ANA (CBSLA) – Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations remained stable again Friday, prompting one epidemiologist to speculate the county may have reached its peak in this latest Delta variant-fueled surge ... “Ultimately, hospitalizations are the key metric,” Noymer said.

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No pediatric ICU beds left in Dallas, county judge says

Sandhills Express 14 Aug 2021

Surging COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant and hospital staffing shortages in the area may be in part to blame ... As of August 6, there were 573 children aged 0 to 17 hospitalized from COVID-19 complications in Dallas County since the beginning of the pandemic, according to weekly data published by the .

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Amid COVID-19 surge, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issues order to boost hospital staffing

Tuscaloosa News 14 Aug 2021

Kay Ivey on Friday issued an emergency order aimed at improving response to a COVID-19 surge that is overwhelming the state's hospitals ... Don Williamson, the president and CEO of the Alabama Hospital Association ... Hospitalizations have been on a near-vertical climb since early July.

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Delta variant drives dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases across state

Belleview Reporter 14 Aug 2021

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are accelerating across the state of Washington, demonstrating the delta variant’s potential to unravel the state’s hard-fought progress toward recovery ... Strain on hospitals ... 8 based on data reported by hospitals ... This rapid increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations is further limiting hospital capacity.

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‘Delta has changed everything’: Oregon governor to deploy 1,500 National Guard troops to assist swamped hospitals

Russia Today 14 Aug 2021

Oregon Governor Kate Brown will deploy some 1,500 National Guard soldiers to aid hospitals flooded with coronavirus patients, citing the spread of the Delta variant as the state’s already short supply of ICU beds dwindles ... As of this morning, there are 733 Oregonians hospitalized with severe cases of COVID-19, including 185 in the ICU.

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Tennessee gov's office debunks COVID misinfo as cases surge

Johnson City Press 14 Aug 2021

The confusion over an assortment of outlandish claims illustrates the hurdles that face a state in the bottom 10 for vaccination rates amid a virus resurgence stretching hospitals thin ... More than 90% of COVID-19 hospitalizations there are unvaccinated people, while vaccinated patients are also severely immunocompromised, the hospital said.

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Business briefs, Aug. 15, 2021

The Register Citizen 14 Aug 2021

Arel, a family nurse practitioner, has more than three decades of healthcare experience, most recently as a registered nurse at Nuvance Health’s Sharon Hospital Emergency Department ... Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Sharon Hospital, Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington and Baptist Hospital in Tennessee.

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Doctors Seek Governor’s Intervention To End Nurses’ Strike At St. Vincent Hospital

CBS Sports 14 Aug 2021

WORCESTER (AP) — Five top doctors at a Massachusetts hospital where nurses have been on strike for longer than five months have asked Gov ... Vincent Hospital in Worcester said in the letter Thursday.READ MORE ... David Bader, director of radiology and a board member with the hospital; Dr.

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COVID-stricken Oregon deploys National Guard to hospitals

The Spokesman-Review 14 Aug 2021

PORTLAND — Oregon’s governor said Friday she will send up to 1,500 National Guard troops to hospitals around the state to assist healthcare workers who are being pushed to the brink by a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the Delta variant ... Troops will be sent to 20 hospitals around Oregon.

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Mississippi hospital puts beds in parking garage to cope with COVID-19 surge

Democratic Underground 14 Aug 2021

https.//www.reuters.com/world/us/mississippi-hospital-puts-beds-parking-garage-cope-with-covid-19-surge-2021-08-13/ ... pandemic, when a field hospital was set up in New York's Central Park and a medical ship was moored in the Hudson River ... It plans to open a mobile hospital tent early next week, staffed by a medical team sent by the U.S.

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